'Unbelievers' was a song that we felt like we could tackle, so that's one of the reasons we wanted to start playing it live, we really believed in that song and we still believe in that song a lot.

Obviously it always takes longer to finish an album than you think it will. That's always going to be the case. Everything takes longer than you think it will. Occasionally things happen fast.

It's hard to say how time factors into your work, because sometimes things will come to you very quickly, but it will take years for the ideas to be gestating in your mind.

It took me some time to join the various streams of making music that was technically good and making music that made me feel good.

At some point I decided I didn't want to learn any more guitar technique. I was at that level where the next mountain there was to climb was Van Halen and I didn't really like Van Halen.

I took one piano lesson and hated it and then didn't take any piano lessons until I was 18.

We've always said that our band is pretty much an open system and there's no rules governing anything... so who knows what the future will hold?

I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who hears the song.

We thought there was also something that was humorous but at the same time powerful and deep about naming the album, 'Modern Vampires Of The City'.

Their fingers seemed to fit together in just the right way- effortlessly clasped, like perfect complements.

The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.

When you please your mother by doing something, it gives you confidence that you can please other people.

He that will be surety, shall pay.

We think of God as too much like what we are. Learn to acknowledge the full majesty of your incomparable God and Savior.

Life isn't nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion.

That’s the big challenge of life—to chisel disappointment into wisdom so people respect you and you don’t annoy your friends with your whining.

That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me.

I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices.

Two things are easiest to do. One, to carry water in a sieve. Two, to still the mind. Freeze water. Breathe calm. Only two secrets to learn.